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[ice]

do any of you think keeping pets is good for your health ?

i know if you have an allergy thats makes it hard,

[efFGee]

It's difficult to be upset when you have a puppy clambering over you

[easylife]

unless it is doing its business at the time.

[ice]

when my son used to cry the canary we had at the time used to start singing

[Harlequin]

do any of you think keeping pets is good for your health ?

The missus is damn near symbiotic with the cat!

I tell you! It's weird...scary weird...I'm not sure who she'd save from a burning building first but I'll put good money on it that it wouldn't be me!

[ice]

well she shouldn't worry about the cat he/she would of run out of the house before you even noticed it was on fire

[whatabeauty]

I've never liked animals really, not since i became an adult anyway, We have bearded dragons, my OH 's choice not mine, i hate feeding them i tend to throw the box of food in the viv and try and prise the box open without the things jumping on me, its quite funny i spose to watch.

I decided recently to get in touch with my loving side and open my home up to a dog, a tiny one mind, nothing big, we have a Jack Russell, called Mr Bojangles, but we all call it Mutley because no one wants to shout 'Mr Bojangles' down the street, he's a cute thing, til he pi$$es on my floor

[rozza]

i think its good to have a pet, i have a cat, moochi who's really annoying but sweet, cats let you stroke their fur as you dont have any of your own ive always had pets so to me it's a natural thing
a quote:
dogs have owners
cats have people to serve!!!!

[efFGee]

I love dogs. Am always a cheerier person after spending monday evenings with puppies!

[ice]

i was thinking about this, and a question i have is

do you feel keeping pets is a ok way to teach children how to cope with death, hopefully before they have to deal with death of a family member?

[efFGee]

I would not keep pets solely as a way of teaching my son about death. I'd far rather he learnt about responsibility and caring for animals

[ice]

i agree that is the main reason for keeping a pet, and i do hope pets have a long and happy life, but things do happen take for instead a hamster with a lifespan of two years

[efFGee]

That's why I have a dog (if all goes well he may live to 14 yrs old!) and a Delilah (they can live for up to 20 years!)
KidO knows about death, don't hide anything from him and don't try to pretty things up. He believes in Heaven which I think made it easier for him to understand the whole dying concept.

Though I do understand where you are coming from However lots of parents avoid the whole death of a pet issue by replacing goldfish, hamster etc when they die!

[ice]

sounds like you have the whole thing covered you put thought into your choice of pets which is good,
and the whole circle of life thing, i wish more parents would follow this pattern

[efFGee]

He knows about babies and birth and that too!

Though I didn't choose Delilah my brother gave her to me as a present!!